{"id":150172,"date":"2025-02-12T21:50:10","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T20:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/biafra-nnamdi-kanu-not-dodging-trial-will-challenge-abuja-court-bias-ejimakor"},"modified":"2025-02-16T00:03:38","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T23:03:38","slug":"biafra-nnamdi-kanu-not-dodging-trial-will-challenge-abuja-court-bias-ejimakor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/biafra-nnamdi-kanu-not-dodging-trial-will-challenge-abuja-court-bias-ejimakor","title":{"rendered":"Biafra: Nnamdi Kanu not dodging trial, will challenge Abuja Court bias \u2013 Ejimakor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The lead counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Aloy Ejimakor, has declared that the Biafra agitator is not dodging trial.<\/p>\n<p>Ejimakor said Kanu, however, vowed to challenge any court that fails to align its decision with the rule of law.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasised that the IPOB leader would no longer accept institutional bias against him by the courts.<\/p>\n<p>Ejimakor disclosed this via a statement after a routine meeting between Kanu and his legal team at the Department of State Services, DSS facility in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ejimakor: \u201cDuring our visitation today, ONYENDU Mazi Nnamdi Kanu instructed us to convey to the civilised world his resolve to take his trial, insofar as it comports with the tenets of the law. He made it clear that the era of institutional bias against him by Abuja courts is over in his case.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe stands to challenge any court that fails to align its decisions with the RULE OF LAW. He maintains that, with the obvious exception of one, the rest of the decisions taken in his cases in Abuja have been riddled with blatant unconstitutionality, in contravention of Section 36 of the Nigerian Constitution, which mandates that courts be \u2018independent\u2019 and \u2018impartial\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is particularly noteworthy that the finding made by the Supreme Court to the effect that Justice Binta Murtala-Nyako is biased by revoking Mazi Kanu\u2019s bail is sufficient reason to oust her jurisdiction, especially as she also dishonoured the Supreme Court by her inexplicable refusal to reinstate the bail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the circumstances, therefore, and especially consequent upon her recusal, Justice Binta Murtala-Nyako should no longer have any business with Mazi Kanu\u2019s case.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThus, it is an egregious breach of the law for the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court (Justice John Tsoho) to reassign Mazi Kanu\u2019s case to a judge whose jurisdiction is forever barred by an extant order of recusal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the foregoing reasons, the entire proceedings conducted on 10 February 2025 before Justice Binta Nyako\u2019s court have no foundation in law or reason, and the same applies to any ruling purportedly made that day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTherefore, those peddling the narrative that Mazi Kanu\u2019s case has been adjourned indefinitely do not understand basic law. The fact is this: once a judge is recused, they have lost the jurisdiction to convene, sit, or deliver any ruling on the same case from which they have been recused. That is what the black-letter law says, and it shall abide, now and forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The lead counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Aloy Ejimakor, has declared that the Biafra agitator is not dodging trial. Ejimakor said Kanu, however, vowed to challenge any court that fails to align its decision with the rule of law. 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